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The Walters‐Lawson Affair and the Two Worlds of Communication
Author(s) -
Szenberg Michael
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
american journal of economics and sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1536-7150
pISSN - 0002-9246
DOI - 10.1111/j.1536-7150.1990.tb02283.x
Subject(s) - cabinet (room) , mass media , media studies , sociology , law , political science , history , archaeology
A bstract . The editor of The American Economist reflects on the difference between the nature of the communication carried on within scholarly journals and that which is carried on in the mass media. The occasion for the discussion was provided by the resignations from the British cabinet and from an inner circle of advisors, respectively of Nagl Lawson and Sir Alan Walters. This serious result followed the publication in the mass media of information intended for the scholarly journal.